''Viva Elvis'' is the soundtrack remix album of the

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show '' Viva Elvis'', which focuses on the life and music of American singer and musician

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. The album, though initially produced as a soundtrack to the show, does not include all of the songs featured in the show. The CD tracks are rearranged and extended versions of songs heard in the show, and in fact the album includes two instrumental versions of the songs "

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", neither of which is in the Cirque du Soleil show. This album marks the third official posthumous album by Elvis Presley created from scratch, whereas previous albums were compilations of previously released or unreleased studio material recorded well before his death. The two prior albums were the urban country-influenced 1981 ''Guitar Man'' record and the 2008 '' Christmas Duets'' CD. Similar to Cirque du Soleil's soundtrack to

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-themed ''

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'', "Viva Elvis" contains samples from throughout the entire span of Elvis Presley's career, including interview clips, home recordings, studio outtakes and snippets of dialogue from Elvis's feature films. Unlike ''Love'', however, ''Viva Elvis'' features new backing instrumentation on each track in an attempt to modernize the arrangements.Allmusic.com review of the album
/ref> This has met with a mixed critical response, with some reviewers praising the production quality and others opining that Elvis's music is best left untampered with.

Track listing

Bonus tracks

In each country, a bonus version of "Love Me Tender" was included, featuring a local singer in place of the singer from the Cirque du Soleil show. *Finland - Anna Puu *Netherlands - Lisa Lois *France -

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*Spain - Russian Red *America and Wal-Mart Exclusive in United States -

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*Australia -

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*Belgium - Dani Klein *Canada - Marie-Mai *Portugal - Aurea *Japan -

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Personnel

*Vocals - Elvis Presley *Guest singers - Dea Norberg ("Love Me Tender"), Jennlee Shallow ("King Creole"), Sherry St-Germain ("Can't Help Falling In Love"), Stacie Tabb ("Suspicious Minds") *Drums - Ben Clement *Bass - Patrick Levergne *Electric guitars - JS "The Flash" Chouinard, Mike Plant, Steve Nadeau, Martin Bachand, Paul Deslauriers, Erich van Tourneau *Acoustic guitars - Olivier Goulet, Erich van Tourneau *Piano and keyboards: Erich van Tourneau *Harmonica - Guy Belanger *Scratch - DJ Pocket *Brass section - Jean-Francois Thibeault (T-Bone), Brune Dumont (Sax), David Perrico (Trumpet), Jean-Francois Gagnon (Flugel)

Production

*Producer and arranger: Eric van Tourneau *Assistant producer and assistant arranger: Hugo "Wedge Montecristo" Bombardier *Executive producers: Steve Berkowitz, Adam Block, Stephanie Mongeau, Jacques Methe, Stephane Bergevin, Gary Hovey and

Priscilla Presley Priscilla Ann Presley (née Wagner, formerly Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American businesswoman and actress. She is the ex-wife of American singer Elvis Presley, as well as the cofounder and former chairperson of Elvis Presley Enterpris ...

Chart performance

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Allmusic.com review of the albumOfficial album website

Official Sony Legacy Elvis website
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